SterlingDevelop
07-31-2011, 07:21 PM
:mad:
I was running the 'bot, which is equipped with a very loud Roots blower vacuum system, and had just finished cutting a file and removed my hearing protection when I realized there was a humdinger of a storm outside.
About three seconds later, the building was zapped. I could feel it, and it blew out some lights and the security system started beeping (found out later it fried that, too)
Fried the 'puter controlling the 'bot, the USB to serial converter, and I'm thinking the control board. Yes, everything was plugged into a SP / UPS.
I'm thinking the surge came in through the hardwired control box, through the board and up the USB/Serial cable to the computer.
Questions:
How do I diagnose and definitively say it's the board?
The new (old, but an XP spare) computer says it's talking to the machine, but the ShopBot won't do anything, and then the input and output indicators will come on and off randomly and then I get stop button reset messages and com error messages and then the software finally crashes.
I cannot get the firmware to reload, althought the CPU fan goes on and the usage goes to 98% when I try.
If it is the board, any idea what that's going to cost me?
Should I read a message into the 'bot being struck by lightning?:eek:
I won't be able to get on with SB tech support until Tues or Wed as I will be working elsewhere, but I would appreciate some feedback. If nothing else, I'll learn what kind of hit I can expect to take.
Thanks,
Brent
I was running the 'bot, which is equipped with a very loud Roots blower vacuum system, and had just finished cutting a file and removed my hearing protection when I realized there was a humdinger of a storm outside.
About three seconds later, the building was zapped. I could feel it, and it blew out some lights and the security system started beeping (found out later it fried that, too)
Fried the 'puter controlling the 'bot, the USB to serial converter, and I'm thinking the control board. Yes, everything was plugged into a SP / UPS.
I'm thinking the surge came in through the hardwired control box, through the board and up the USB/Serial cable to the computer.
Questions:
How do I diagnose and definitively say it's the board?
The new (old, but an XP spare) computer says it's talking to the machine, but the ShopBot won't do anything, and then the input and output indicators will come on and off randomly and then I get stop button reset messages and com error messages and then the software finally crashes.
I cannot get the firmware to reload, althought the CPU fan goes on and the usage goes to 98% when I try.
If it is the board, any idea what that's going to cost me?
Should I read a message into the 'bot being struck by lightning?:eek:
I won't be able to get on with SB tech support until Tues or Wed as I will be working elsewhere, but I would appreciate some feedback. If nothing else, I'll learn what kind of hit I can expect to take.
Thanks,
Brent